In 1962‚ when young Martha is only six years old‚ she is taken from her home on the Cat Lake Indian Reserve in northern Ontario to attend a residential school at James Bay. When first arriving she is taken back at the sight of the nuns. She believes they are monsters from the stories she was told as a kid by the elders on the reserve. During her hysterical cry for help a nun named Sister Angelica‚ who herself was Native and spent time at a residential school‚ slapped Martha across the face for daring
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I agree with Martha C. Nussbaum ideas about compassion. I believe that having compassion is a very important thing to have in life. People have to be able to understand what it is like to be in a situation‚ because at any point in time‚ it could be you in that situation. Having compassion should include be is not limited to leaving people that need help‚ thinking what would I want someone to do if I was in this situation. I believe that compassion starts when you are child. Compassion something
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the sudden they felt a heavy jolt‚ they found out that they had run down a boat and a strong man had climbed onto the hull of the brig just before it demolished the boat. That man was Sir Alan Breck Stewart‚ a French soldier‚ who was on his way to pay rent from a certain "clan" of people to James Stewart‚ their chief in exile. Once they put Alan in the "round-house" he was talking to David about himself‚ and how David was a whigamore‚ loyal to King George‚ whereas Alan was a Jacobite‚ loyal to King
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Book Review (1) Gail B. Stewart (2) Victorian England (3) 96 Pages (4) “Victorian England” is a book informing the reader on how Victoria became the queen of Great Britain on June 20‚ 1837 following the death of her uncle‚ King William IV. She was only eighteen years old. Nobody suspected her to ever become Queen because her grandfather‚ King George III had fifteen children in which had all died by this time. The idea of a teenage girl ruling one of the most powerful nations startled everybody
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The independent reading book that I am currently reading is called‚ “The Secret Keepers” by Trenton Lee Stewart. This book is in my opinion directly related to people today in the U.S. who are poor. For example an article from BBC News talks about unemployment and poverty. The book “The Secret Keepers” is about a boy named Reuben who is poor in a place where certain people have unlimited power‚ and are not messed with. He finds an important artifact and goes on an adventure. This article from BBC
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Martha McKinley: Legal Memo Kaplan University Unit # 8 Iraida TO: Professor Howard FROM: Iraida RE: Martha McKinley DATE: October 15‚ 2013 QUESTION PRESENTED Does Ted McKinley‚ Martha’s father‚ have a right to file suit against the CES for punishing his daughter without a fair trial? SHORT ANSWER Yes. Ted McKinley has the right to file suit against the CES board. There are many issues present‚ but most importantly‚ the CES violated the
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“Shining in the Dark: Black Women and The Struggle for the Vote‚ 1955-1965” by Martha Prescod Norman outlines the enduring struggle of black women fighting for the rights of women and black Americans yet becoming widely forgotten by history. The document starts by telling the harrowing stories of Mrs. Georgia Mae Turner and Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer. They are women who endured evictions‚ harsh living conditions‚ and physical violence as a result of their fight for suffering. Norman wrote about the role
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Julian Gakwaya AP English Mr.Nutter 9/20/2013 The Great Missippi In the passage “Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927” the author John M. Barry describes elaborately the functions and complexity of the Mississippi River. The author wants to inform the reader about the fascinating characteristic the Mississippi River offers‚ through a descriptive and informative passage. The author’s fascination of the river is incredible due
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14/03/03 Response on " Diary of Mrs. Amelia Stewart Knight" When I finished this article I started to realize that the life of pioneers was not just one big adventure‚ but they had to face some really difficult problems like dangerous river crossing‚ bad weather‚ different kinds of accidents and diseases along the way without any chance for medical treatment. But first of all I had make a research to answer one question before all the problems along the way. It is how much did pioneers traveling
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After reading the novel Nest in the Wind: Adventures in Anthropology on a Tropical Island‚ written by Martha C. Ward‚ I learned about a culture on an island that is much different but similar in many ways to ours. The Climate of the Island was tropical with heavy rainfall. The Island was known as a “tropical paradise”. Ward a female Anthropologist went to this Island to study its inhabitants . Some area she focus on was Family‚ Religion‚ sex‚ tradition‚ economics‚ politics ‚medicine‚ death‚ resources
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